Excerpt from A Landsman's LogTO the average citizen, the life on board ship is, unfortunately, a closed book. Only when the fleet is in port has he the opportunity Of treading the deck Of a man-o'-war, and then his Visits result only in a confused impression Of guns, machinery, and cramped spaces. Of the ways Of the service he has seen nothing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.